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224 AMERICAN SPY After spending a week on the ground in Baghdad, I left my two colleagues behind and returned to Amman via the ...

CHAPTER 24 TRIBALISM A lthough Babylon Inc. is registered in Iraq and is staffed almost exclu- sively by Iraqis, from day one I ...

226 AMERICAN SPY Christians, based solely on merit. Neither management nor employees ever discuss politics, religion, or ethnici ...

TRIBALISM 227 of our customers, Iraqi and foreign alike, who depended very much on Babylon Inc. and its true 24/7, 365-days-per- ...

228 AMERICAN SPY Mosul is one of Iraq’s largest cities, and historically it has been home not only to Sunni Arabs but also Kurds ...

TRIBALISM 229 the MPs at the gate. Hassan was arrested and interrogated, but he told us, despite that, he was treated well and s ...

230 AMERICAN SPY hay. Sadiq would then patiently count each dinar and, after a day or two, typically report a shortfall of a few ...

TRIBALISM 231 for our guys, in AQI’s eyes, the Kurds were just as bad if not worse than the Americans. Although they admitted to ...

232 AMERICAN SPY tires, Sadiq, or Hassan. At least three AQI vehicles were in hot pursuit of Sadiq and Hassan. Literally fleeing ...

TRIBALISM 233 not true, that is a chicken shit answer. They CAN do something if they choose to do the right thing. While I was t ...

234 AMERICAN SPY and collaborate with the Kurds? They also accused “the fat one” (Sadiq) of being a spy for the Kurds. Ali Baba ...

TRIBALISM 235 amount to the kidnappers. The system is based on trust and works remark- ably well. After AQI received the funds, ...

236 AMERICAN SPY able to speak at length with one hostage, a successful Christian car dealer from Mosul who had been held over f ...

TRIBALISM 237 and they seemed to believe him. From day one I had intentionally kept my company off the radar, with a very low an ...

238 AMERICAN SPY office in the city of Mosul. He agreed and went on to run one of our more profitable offices in Iraq. Babylon I ...

TRIBALISM 239 A bit of advice for wannabe terrorists: don’t be distracted by cell phones! Hassan and Sadiq were able to escape w ...

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CHAPTER 25 TRAVELS IN ARABIA I had never traveled to the Middle East until after I resigned from the CIA. Since then, I’ve made ...

242 AMERICAN SPY pleasing, calming scents of hibiscus, jasmine, and frankincense seem to per- meate every aspect of life in the ...

TRAVELS IN ARABIA 243 I loved traveling to prewar Syria, a country many consider to be the true heart of Arabia and the Middle E ...